reblogs for my own reference

[gardengnosticator]

getting teary eyed thinking about gerda gottlieb's paintings of her wife after she transitioned

[gardengnosticator]

[narcissus-thee-squeekual]

thing is, for a lot of these paintings it wasn’t “after” lily elbe’s transition. there was no after to it. the one op posted was painted in 1928. this was 2 years before lily legally changed her name and began undergoing revolutionary gender affirming procedures. unfortunately she died due to complications of an experimental uterine transplant in 1931.

up until that point, during the day lily continued to dress in masculine clothing and even attended galleries showing gottlieb’s paintings of her. which was kind of iconic. she got to stand in a room full of people who were marveling her beauty, not knowing she was right next to them. it must have been such a cute little secret for them as a couple.

here’s gerda and lilly together

not to mention that for most people there is no real “after” to a transition. especially for these trans historical figures who had to balance identity and safety at all times.

i think having a wife paint these portraits must have felt really amazing for lily. to be able to see herself through the eyes of someone who loved her. i’m very much seconding op on the getting teary eyed.

here are some of my favorite gottleib lily paintings

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[trans-girl-nausicaa]

BARKEEP! BARKEEP GIVE ME MORE FUCKING PINEAPPLE SLICES! NO I’M NOT GOING TO GET A STOMACH ACHE I’M NOT EVEN CLOSE TO MY LIMIT! GIVE ME MORE PINEAPPLE SLICES, BARKEEP! BARKEEP! BARKEEP! MORE SLICES! MORE SLICES!

[curioscurio]

[crabussy]

people keep trying to crack my egg which I find incredibly funny. never change I love you all

[frodoomsday]

obviously you are not an egg you hatched alreayd into a wonderous robin

[crabussy]

god I am so fucking Round. does anyone else see this. sublime

[timemachineyeah]

Spirit Animal is racist.

Patronus was invented by a transphobe.

I think it’s time we all suck it up and say what we mean: fursona.

[xxlovelynovaxx-deactivated20241]

I know this is a jokey post (rip OPs notes) but a fursona is typically an animal REPRESENTATION of YOURSELF, not an external animal that is strongly meaningful to you and your life/journey.

I've seen daemon and familiar proposed, but to keep in line with the cursedness of the original post, may I suggest: spiritual tamagotchi

[timemachineyeah]

do you have any idea how refreshing it is to see a correction/suggestion to this post that actually understands the assignment

[ros-sauce]

I'm imagining a fortune teller who's also a child so her idea of what a good fate is vs a terrible one isn't really in line with her clients at all

[ros-sauce]

Imagine u go to visit the oraclet (oracling?) and she tells u there's untold riches in your future and later it becomes very apparent that what she was predicting was you winning $20 from a lottery ticket

[ros-sauce]

She dismisses every wedding she predicts as a Terrible Fate because she thinks the kissing is cringe

[no-one-offical]

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[sometiktoksarevalid]

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seal Is: Slug

[fexalted]

[image description: photo of a seal galumphing away from the camera, leaving a wet trail across the floor similar to how a slug would.]

[cryptotheism]

Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider has basis in western magic

Jupiter is correspondent with lead, which can decrease mental acuity.

Jupiter is the planet of expansion, the boys are getting more stupider, expanding their stupidity.

Historically speaking the boys did not literally travel to Jupiter. They engaged in a form of fasting and sleep deprivation to trigger an altered state of consciousness, at which point the would experience a descent to an "inner" Jupiter.

The choice of Jupiter is also meaningful. The celestial spirit of Jupiter is equated with both cronos and Demeter, and thus functions as a negative spirit, a being of unraveling and unmaking. This stripping away of smartness in the pursuit of getting more stupider is likely influenced by late Platonist philosophy. Plotinus places particular emphasis on the stripping away of misconceptions which in turn allows for proper cultivation of noesis; a process equated with rising back up to the sublunary realm. This is likely the context in which "going to Jupiter to get more stupider" was devised.

[sistersorrow]

So do girls go to college to get more esotreic knowledge?

[cryptotheism]

They go to Venus to bigger their penis.

[parkchanwoohoo]

I laughed at this so hard I stopped getting air in my body and had to sit down. This isn't a vibrator it's a failed homunculus and it's in terrible pain

[brucebocchi]

[sergle]

did you know that. their entire catalogue is like this? did you know ALL of the listings are animated?

[ramenbrainedoak]

the truth about computers they don't want you to know.

[iamoutofideas]

adventure time one-off character

[pathetic-floretic]

What people think BDSM is like:

Dom: lets try this new kink called i will shoot you with a gun. Here we go

Sub: what

What BDSM is actually like

Sub: lets try this new kink called you will shoot me with a gun. Here we go

Dom: what

Sub: please

[the-haiku-bot]

Dom: lets try this new

kink called i will shoot you with

a gun. Here we go

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[shitpostinguniverse]

[hypnoticwinter]

[slashercatz]

[lixiesbabyhands]

how does it feel to be the funniest person on earth

[jomjjeoro]

hey guys. this is my invention. check it out

[bastionkeeper]

listen no matter how depressed I am whenever this post shows up on my dash I fucking lose it I just laugh so hard, it’s such a good post. The way it’s presented? Soap on a sink nozzle, okay clearly this is some sort of handwashing appliance. Then there’s just water going everywhere no further explanation it’s so good I’m so happy

[sergle]

sound on please...

[inthefallofasparrow]

there has got to be an easier way to diet

[inthefallofasparrow]

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP: When you walk the Jianghu, be fast (cr 兜里有糖)

[teaboot]

ARE THESE BIRDS❔❔❔

[spookyboywhump]

Guy who never feels like his problems are “bad enough” to be taken seriously: what if I hurt the character so horrifically that everyone around them could not possibly deny the severity of their pain even if the character themself tries to downplay it.